Various Artists - Freedom, Rhythm & Sound: Revolutionary Jazz 1963-82 - Volume Two

This album features the work of revolutionary jazz artists who created new radical music infused with the values of Martin Luther King, Malcolm X and the civil rights movement of the 1960s. Self-determination, economic power and musical freedoms explode as the avant-garde collided with Black Power and Afro-centricity.

Released to coincide with a new book by Gilles Peterson and Stuart Baker about Soul Jazz Records, this album is jam-packed with super rare, deep jazz from artists, many of which all feature heavily in the new book. These include Mary Lou Williams, Art Ensemble of Chicago, Sun Ra, Phil Cohran and many more. The vinyl comes on two super-loud, super-heavy double-album volumes.

Essential!